Table 2.

The JOA score and recovery ratio

	Pre-JOA score	Final-JOA score	Recovery ratio
Rigid fusion	14.25 ± 4.31	23.56 ± 3.38	61.05 ± 26.08
Dynamic stability	13.56 ± 4.47	24.83 ± 3.06	70.61 ± 22.64

Compared between rigid fusion and dynamic stabilization ^† p < 0.05, ^†† p < 0.01, ^††† p < 0.001